Charles Krauthammer: Immigration: The lesser of two evils

6:50 PM,
Feb. 21, 2013

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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER,

WASHINGTON -- The president suggested he would hold off introducing his own immigration bill as long as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace -- until his own immigration bill mysteriously leaked precisely as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace.

A naked political maneuver and a blunt warning to Republicans: Finish that immigration deal in Congress or I'll propose something I know you can't accept -- and flog the issue mercilessly next year to win back the House.

John McCain responded (correctly) that President Obama was creating a "cudgel" to gain ...